Award winning investigative journalist, David Hencke, has broken the story of UNISON’s determination to stop the ideologically driven (and government backed) proposals to privatise London Met’s back offices. Read the rest here.

Local MP for Islington North, Jeremy Corbyn, has given his support to our campaign against “Shark Services”. Jeremy visited UNISON members at London Met last week to discuss proposals put forward by the university to privatize jobs and student support services though the “Shared Services” model. Read the rest here.

UNISON members lobbied the Board of Governors on Wednesday 4th July against the widely unpopular and untenable ’shared services’ proposals.

Wearing ‘Shark Services’ campaign tee-shirts, staff and students gathered to say ‘BT Go Home’! and ‘Two down, three to go!” UNISON members were uplifted by the recent news that the author of the business case for ‘Shared Services’ at London Met, David Andrews, plus his previous outsourcing company, Xchanging, had pulled out of the bidding process (photos, left, David Hardman)

Carry a Shark Card on you at all times!
If approached by any of the five companies who are circling like sharks, just say: “NO COMMENT!” Give these cards to your managers, tell them not to engage. You have the right to remain silent (!) and to talk to a UNISON rep – get in touch with a UNISON rep straight away.

Talk to students about what ‘Shared Services’ could mean for the ‘student experience’.

Tell your local, community and professional networks why you want to Stay Proud to Be London Met. Email them this page and ask for their ideas on how we can work together.

Shared Services? No Fanks!

GET CREATIVE! Send us photos of yourself (see here for our ‘virtual Lobby’ photos of 23rd May) and your ideas on what to do next. Let us know the questions YOU want answers to, volunteer to hand out leaflets, put up posters, and contact your local reps, and find out what else you can do to help.